Subject: Re: Why is Firefox "Bon Echo"?
To: Evaldo Gardenali <evaldo@gardenali.biz>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/25/2007 12:43:43
On 7/25/07, Evaldo Gardenali <evaldo@gardenali.biz> wrote:
> Hi
> You can't use the name Firefox (TM) or the Firefox logo unless you are
> distributing the official build by mozilla.com.
>
> "Our code is free, but we do strictly enforce our trademark rights, we must,
> in order to keep them valid. Our trademarks include, among others, the names
> Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Bugzilla and XUL, as well as the Mozilla
> logo, Firefox logo, Thunderbird logo and the red lizard logo. This means
> that, while you have considerable freedom to redistribute and modify our
> software, there are tight restrictions on your ability to use the Mozilla
> name and logos, even when built into binaries that we provide."
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/licensing.html
Ok, so who decided to use "Deer Park" or "Bon Echo"? Was that the
package maintainer?
I wouldn't mind naming it :)
Andy